The Byzantines
"For more than a thousand years, Byzantium flourished at the crossroads of the Eastern and Western worlds. But who were the people of the first modern civilized state? What features distinguished them from earlier civilizations, and what cultural characteristics, despite their m…
"The study of the family is one of the major lacunas in Byzantine Studies. Angeliki Laiou remarked in 1989 that 'the study of the Byzantine family is still in its infancy', and this assertion remains true today. The present volume addresses this lacuna. It comprises 19 chapters …
"Approaches to the Byzantine Family Price: £70.00 (exclusive of VAT) How to buy ebooks Imprint: Ashgate Variorum Illustrations: Includes 44 b&w illustrations Published: October 2013 Format: 234 x 156 mm Extent: 446 pages Binding: ebook ePUB (Also available in ebook PDF) Other ed…
"Gender was a key social indicator in Byzantine society, as in many others. While studies of gender in the western medieval period have appeared regularly in the past decade, similar studies of Byzantium have lagged behind. Masculine and feminine roles were not always as clearly…
